Weaver preached his prescription for winning: “pitching and three-run homers.” He explained, “Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.” That formula developed with experience; in his first seasons with the Orioles he called for more sacrifice bunts than the average AL manager, but he came to believe that “your most precious possessions on offense are your 27 outs,” and “if you play for one run, that’s all you’ll get.”

The VORG celebrates the life of Earl Weaver by providing a comprehensive breakdown of all the three-run homers hit by the Orioles during his tenure as manager:

Games with at least one such home run: 259

W-L record in those games: 213-46 (.822)

W-L record in all other games: 1,267-1,014 (.555)

Most consecutive games won in which such a homer was hit: 24 (8/11/71-6/29/73)